Archive for July, 2009
SimEarth: The Living Planet Review (IGN Wii)
SimEarth: The Living Planet (Wii) A predecessor to Spore and The Sims that’s probably best left in the past.
Posted: July 31st, 2009 under nintendo, wii deals, wii reviews.
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Saling The World: Wii Sports Resort Leads Worldwide Charts (Gamasutra)
Gamasutra’s weekly column, “Saling The World”, covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week’s charts, with data taken from July 30th, 2009, find Wii Sports Resort topping cross-platform sales in its first week of North American release, as Dragon Quest IX maintains its lead …
Posted: July 31st, 2009 under wii deals, wii news.
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Saling The World: Wii Sports Resort Leads Worldwide Charts (Gamasutra)
Gamasutra’s weekly column, “Saling The World”, covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week’s charts, with data taken from July 30th, 2009, find Wii Sports Resort topping cross-platform sales in its first week of North American release, as Dragon Quest IX maintains its lead …
Posted: July 31st, 2009 under wii deals, wii news, wii reviews.
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News: Tony Hawk: Ride roster revealed (Eurogamer)
Hosoi! Rodriguez! Mullen! Sheckler! Activision has unveiled the full roster of celebrity skateboarders appearing in Tony Hawk: Ride this autumn. Of the skaters, apparently Christian Hosoi and Rodney Mullen are a big deal. But there are less well-known skaters too, like Mike Mo Capaldi and Steve Nesser
Posted: July 31st, 2009 under wii prices.
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Virtual fitness: Rating the Wii’s sports and exercise titles (The News & Observer)
Think about this: Of games not released as part of a bundle with a system, “Wii Fit” is now the fifth highest-selling game of all time, having sold well over 18 million copies. I am one of those 18 million-plus. I’ve had the game for six months.
Posted: July 31st, 2009 under wii news, wii prices.
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Disney 3Q profit falls 26 pct, cites tough economy (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 26 percent as slower DVD sales pushed its movie studio into the red while the weakening market for TV ads stabilized. Hurt by the tough global economy, net income for the family…
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under nintendo, wii deals.
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THQ exec: "UFC Undisputed" videogame heading to the Nintento Wii platform (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
THQ and the UFC’s popular videogame franchise “UFC Undisputed,” which debuted earlier this year…
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under wii prices.
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THQ exec: "UFC Undisputed" videogame heading to the Nintento Wii platform (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
THQ and the UFC’s popular videogame franchise “UFC Undisputed,” which debuted earlier this year…
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under wii news, wii prices, wii reviews.
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A Better Wii–From Microsoft (Forbes)
The company has high hopes for a new Xbox 360 console codenamed ”Project Natal.”
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under wii news, wii reviews.
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PS3 and PSP slump, Wii hammered too (CNET)
Sony’s earnings shine light on a poor quarter for its gaming division. Nintendo’s Wii also took a big hit, with unit sales cut in half compared with last year.
Posted: July 30th, 2009 under nintendo, wii deals, wii prices, wii reviews.
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